Salt-box



| I (-NoModel.) i E. S. AYER.

SALT BOX.

No. 397,104. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLERY S. AYER, Oh KOS'JON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SALT-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,104, dated February5, 1889. Application filed September 17, 1888. Serial No. 285,582. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may (2010007 71,;

lie it known that l, ELLERY S. AYER, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, State of Massachusctts,-have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Salt-Boxes, of which the following is a description.sut'ficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appcrtains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimprovedsalt-box; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the rin detached and Fi 3 alikeview showin D 7 b D a modification in the formation of the ring.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate correspondingparts in thedifferent fig ures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of saltcells which are ordinarilyknown as saltshakers; and it consists in certain novel features, ashereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce asimpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character than isnow in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the-drawings, A represents the body of the box, B- the cover, and Cthe percussionring.

The body A is cylindrical in form, and is provided at one end with theperforated screw-cover B, in the usual manner. The body is providedcentrally with two outwardly-proj ectin annular flanges, a.

The ring 0 is preferably composed of metallic tubing, as shown in Fig.2, and is loosely disposed on said body between the flanges a), being ofsuch diameter that it will not pass over said flanges. The body beingfilled with salt in the usual manner and the cover B secured in place,when it is desired to use the box, the ring 0 isgrasped in the hand andthe box shaken in the ordinary way. This causes the body to slip backand forth through the ring and strike its flanges forcibly against thesame,producing a percussion which shakes and loosens the salt within thebody, so that it will readily pass through the perforations .2 in thecover B, in a manner that will be readily understood by all conversantwith such matters without a more explicit description.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the percussion-ring C is filled withlead, m, or similar substance, to impart weight thereto, so that when inposition on the body said body maybe grasped in the hand and theweighted ring engage the flanges a: with sufficient force to loosen thesalt when said body is shaken.

Having thus explained my invention,what I claim is 1. In a salt-box, abody provided centrally with two annular flanges and a perforated cover,in combination with a percussion-ring encircling said body between saidflanges, substantially as set forth.

2. In a salt-box, a body provided with a perforated cover and twocentrally-disposed annular flanges, in combination with a Weightedpercussion-ring disposed on said body between said flanges and fitted toslide longitudinally thereon, substantially as described.

3. The body A, provided with the perforated oover I3, and annularflanges 00,111 combination with the hollow percussion-ring C, providedwith the filling m, said ring being disposed in said body between saidflanges and fitted to slide longitudinally thereon, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

ELLERY S. AYER.

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\ O. M. SHAW,

E. M. SPINNEY.

